Movie Description
Peter Hyams' sequel to Stanley Kubrick's groundbreaking "2001: A Space Odyssey" opens nine years later as an American team led by space agent Heywood Floyd sets out for Jupiter to find out what happened on the 'Discovery' space ship's disastrous voyage. In order to accomplish their mission, the Americans join forces with a group of Soviet astronauts, even though on earth, the governments of the two super-powers are readying themselves for all-out nuclear war. The two crews try to overcome their differences as they seek answers to the central questions raised in "2001": What is the meaning of the black monolith? Why did HAL 9000 mutiny and will it do so again if resurrected?
| Credits | | Cast: | Bob Balaban, John Lithgow, Keir Dullea, Roy Scheider |
| Details | | Sound: | Stereo Sound |
Notes
DVD Features:
Region 1
Snap Case
Widescreen - 2.35
Single Side - Single Layer
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dolby Digital Stereo - English
Additional Release Material:
Making-Of
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus, Film was also known as "2010" and "2010: Odyssey Two."
Shot in Panavision and Metrocolor.
Estimated budget $28 million.
Began shooting February 7, 1984; completed shooting November 1984. Released in the USA December 1984.
Syd Mead was credited as "Visual Futurist." Video Image handled the visual displays and graphics and additional optical effects were by Cinema Research Corporation. Film also includes a clip from Stanley Kubrick's "2001."
Additional Visual Effects credits: George Jenson (Art Director); Dave Stewart (Super Panavision 65mm Camera); Conrad Buff (Editor); Neil Krepela (Matte Department Supervisor); Thaine Morris (Mechanical Effects Supervisor); Mark Stetson (Model Shop Supervisor); Mark Vargo (Optical Supervisor); Terry Windell and Garry Waller (Animation Supervisors); Matthew Yuricich (Chief Matte Artist); Randall William Cook (Stop-Motion Animation); Bob Johnston (Miniature Mechanical Effects); Digital Productions (Digital Jupiter Simulation).
Rated BBFC PG by the British Board of Film Classification.
Editorial Reviews
"...Peter Hyams' '84 sequel is more intelligent than most contemporary sci-fi, and there are tense moments..."
Total Film - Stephen Risness (12/01/2000)
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